Sergei Kurashov Explained

Sergei Kurashov
Office:Minister of Health of the Soviet Union
Premier:Nikita Khrushchev
Alexei Kosygin
Term Start:12 January 1959
Term End:27 August 1965
Predecessor1:Maria Kovrigina
Successor1:Boris Petrovsky
Birth Name:Sergei Vladimirovich Kurashov
Birth Place:Tambov, Russian Empire
Birth Date:1 October 1910
Resting Place:Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
Nationality:Soviet
Death Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Native Name Lang:ru

Sergei Kurashov (Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Курашов;  - 27 August 1965) was the minister of public health of the USSR from 1959 until his death in 1965. The medical institute in Kazan is named for him. He served as the president of the World Health Organization's World Health Assembly in 1962.[1]

His ashes were buried at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.

Notes and References

  1. Annexes. Annex 2. "World Health Assemblies, 1958-1967. Presidents, Vice-Presidents and Chairmen of Main Committees: The Second Ten Years." World Health Organization, Geneva. Page 320.